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noun
1.
a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
2.
an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
3.
a decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
4.
any small, pleasing picture or view.
5.
a small, graceful literary sketch.
verb (used with object)
6.
Photography. to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.
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Vignettes
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example Sentences
- The rest of the program is a series of scientific vignettes about evolutionary research using genetics and embryology.
- Virtual spaces mean you can have these little vignettes.
- All four vignettes have the sense of seeming to end before they should.
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